Nearly half of financial institutions to spend SCA extension time on improving roll out
UK banks welcome the six-month extension to implement strong customer authentication (SCA) for e-commerce transactions, with 42% planning to use the time to improve and enhance their roll out plans.
Bug bounty and VDP platform YesWeHack hauls in $18.8m to help firms find online...
Paris-based YesWehack, a bug bounty and Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) platform raised $18.8m in Series B funding led by Banque des Territoires and Eiffel Investment Group.
The company’s Series...
Interos becomes latest female-led FinTech unicorn
Interos becomes the latest female-led unicorn after its $100m Series C round upped its valuation to more than $1bn.
Kapalya receives grant for its encryption management solution
Kapalya, an encryption management platform, has received a $256,000 grant from the US’ National Science Foundation (NSF).
DNSFilter hauls in $30m Series A to fight DNS threats with AI
Washington, DC-based provider of DNS content filtering and threat protection solutions, DNSFilter closed a $30m series A funding round led by investment firm Insight...
British Telecom leads $33m investment in Indian cybersecurity startup Safe Security
Cybersecurity startup Safe Security (earlier Lucideus) raised $33m in a funding round led by London-based British Telecom (BT), bringing the total amount raised to $49.2m.
Its existing investors, including former Chairman and CEO...
Alessa whitepaper outlines key crypto know-how for financial institutions
Alessa by Tier 1 Financial Solutions has published a whitepaper detailing how financial institutions (FIs) can deal with the cryptocurrency market and manage its associated risks.
Varo Bank taps Quantifind’s AI platform for adverse screening, automated investigations
Varo Bank has selected financial crime investigation firm Quantifind’s Graphyte platform to optimise its adverse media screening and investigations automation performance.
Decentralised ID authentication platform Magic lands $27m for its ‘plug and play’ passwordless tech
Magic Labs (formerly Fortmatic), a decentralised identity startup that provides passwordless login solutions, has raised $27m in a Series A funding round.
Chinese hackers breached US pipelines between 2011 and 2013, joint advisory reveals
An advisory by the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed Chinese state-backed hackers breached 13 US pipelines between 2011 and 2013.
